Post Office

The new post office offers new services and accepts credit card and GoldPlus as payment options. More: continued here

A Works Project Administration-era post office in Santa Monica has been approved for a relocation plan despite objections from community members and city officials. More: continued here

Postal Service Makes It Official, Emmanuel Thomas Sworn as Postmaster of GuamPacific News CenterA brief installation ceremony was held for Thomas at the John Gerber Post Office in Barrigada this morning. Thomas has been serving as the Guam Postmaster since March 24. He took over the duties of Fred Workman …

LHASA, Aug. 22 — Almost every tourist to the "roof of the world" goes to the post office and mails home postcards printed with Tibet's landmarks ranging from the Potala Palace to the holy lakes and the snow-capped mountains. More: continued here

A drop box outside a Modesto post office was broken into over the weekend and mail might have been stolen from it, the U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday. At issue is mail dropped off from 5:30 p.m. Saturday to 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Kearney Avenue station. More: continued here

Cheraw rallies to fight post office closureCheraw Chronicle“To close this post office would be like driving a dagger through the heart of downtown,” Cheraw Mayor Andy Ingram told the small crowd of people who met at Town Hall Tuesday. The group met to plan a line of defense against United …

Modesto Bee Thief pilfers Modesto postal box, raising fear of ID theftModesto BeeMODESTO — A drop box outside a Modesto post office was broken into over the weekend and mail might have been stolen from it, the U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday. At issue is mail dropped off from 5:30 …

Raleigh County Man Convicted in Fairdale Post Office Break-InWVNS-TVA Raleigh County man has been convicted in a post office burglary. A federal jury in Beckley convicted 31-year-old Timothy Taylor on Tuesday in the October 2011 break-in at the Fairdale Post Office. Court testimony showed Taylor and Benjamin J. Webb of …

USA TODAY Recession imminent if 'fiscal cliff' of tax hikes, budget cuts not averted …Washington PostBy Steven Mufson and Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post. The U.S. economy is hurtling toward a recession if Congress fails to avert a series of tax hikes and budget cuts due in January, the Congressional …

Die Hard producer Joel Silver has gone ahead as promised and purchased the WPA-era Venice Post Office; reno work has already begun (Silver will be bound by a preservation covenant, although he's said he doesn't want to mess with the… More: continued here